FoxNews: Jennifer Garner was 'dismissed' by Ina Garten's assistant, but Food Network star 'had an instinct about her'

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Jennifer Garner was 'dismissed' by Ina Garten's assistant, but Food Network star 'had an instinct about her'

Jennifer Garner has been a fan of "Barefoot Contessa" star Ina Garten for years and wrote in to ask about being on the show, but Garten's assistant didn't know who she was.
                       
                       
                           

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login has been a superfan of "The Barefoot Contessa" star Ina Garten for years, but their friendship almost didn't happen.

In an excerpt from her memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Garten recalled the near miss.

"People who didn't understand that the guests on my show were my friends in real life often wrote to see if they could cook with me," Garten wrote. "[My assistant] Barbara handled my correspondence and always sent polite letters explaining how the show worked." 

She continued, "One day, she'd offhandedly dismissed a letter from Jennifer Garner because she apparently didn't realize who she was."

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But according to Garten, she "had an instinct about her."

Garten thoughtYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login "seemed smart, funny and so grounded, very un-Hollywood. I thought she was someone I could have fun with." 

While in Los Angeles shooting an episode, they "made a date to cook together, and, as we both suspected, felt an instant connection. We've been friends ever since."

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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login said their first meeting was around the time of Garner's 40th birthday in 2012, and Garner invited her to celebrate.

"She very sweetly invited me to her birthday party, which was amazing," Garten told People. "And I loved it because it was 40 women that were invited in their sweat clothes and they were instructed not to have their hair done or anything, hair in a ponytail, sweat, clothes and sneakers. And they were wonderful, wonderful women and it was a very good time."

Garner has proven her deep love for cooking on social media, thanks to her occasional "Pretend Cooking Show" on Instagram.

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But the mom of three has no intention of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.

"People ask me if I want a cookbook. I don't want to make a cookbook. I love cookbooks too much," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login "I don't cook without one, so I don't come up with recipes. I mean, there's some things that I've messed with enough, I get that's my own recipe now, but that's fine. We don't need that."

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"They ask if I want to make the pretend cooking show into a real show, but it's not. It's a pretend cooking show," she continued, adding that she does feel lucky to do something "silly" that people enjoy.

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